H.R. No. 986
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Bryan Adams High School in Dallas is home to the Peer
Assistance Leadership (PAL) team, a truly remarkable group of
students who have devoted their time, talents, and resources toward
the benefit of others, and on May 1, 2003, the Texas Commission on
Volunteerism and Community Service, in conjunction with the office
of the governor, is presenting these admirable young Texans with
this year's Governor's Volunteer Award, Group Category; and
WHEREAS, The high school juniors and seniors who comprise
PALs complete an average of 14,000 hours of volunteer work each year
in activities that benefit senior citizens, children at risk, and
impoverished and homeless Texans; the students have also encouraged
their peers to participate in community service projects, joining
with dozens of local agencies to host an enormously successful
volunteer fair that recently attracted more than 900 students and
teachers; and
WHEREAS, The PALs are known for the creativity and dedication
they bring to solving some of their community's most challenging
problems, and their efforts have been carried on by team alumni now
in college and in the workplace; the Care Wears program, which was
founded more than six years ago in response to the observations of
those mentoring elementary students, has provided clothing to more
than 3,600 children in need, and PALs have won national acclaim for
the Bus Stop Buddies project, which matches children with older
students who provide reassurance, guidance, and assistance at the
beginning of the school day; and
WHEREAS, PALs has implemented more than a dozen other
community service programs that directly benefit the residents of
the Lone Star State, providing assistance to poor families,
educating grade-school children about the dangers of alcohol use,
implementing a local Random Acts of Kindness Day, tutoring children
during after-school hours, and mentoring special needs students;
there are countless less tangible results of their works, too, for
many of the children who have been helped by the group in the past
are now proud members of the Peer Assistance Leadership team,
carrying the torch of generosity and compassion that has been
passed on to them by the volunteers of the past; and
WHEREAS, Exemplifying the group's motto, "Never doubt that a
small group of people can change the world; indeed it's the only
thing that ever has," the Bryan Adams High School PALs have made
contributions that have helped to transform the lives of thousands
of Texans for the better; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the members and advisors of the
Bryan Adams High School Peer Assistance Leadership team on
receiving the 2003 Governor's Volunteer Award, Group Category, and
extend to them warmest best wishes for continued success in their
future civic, personal, and professional endeavors; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Bryan Adams High School as an expression of highest
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Hodge
Craddick Giddings Merritt
Allen Goodman Miller
Alonzo Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Bailey Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Baxter Grusendorf Morrison
Berman Guillen Mowery
Bohac Gutierrez Naishtat
Bonnen Haggerty Nixon
Branch Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Kaufman Hamric Oliveira
Brown of Brazos Hardcastle Olivo
Burnam Harper-Brown Paxton
Callegari Hartnett Pena
Campbell Heflin Phillips
Canales Hegar Pickett
Capelo Hilderbran Pitts
Casteel Hill Puente
Castro Hochberg Quintanilla
Chavez Hodge Raymond
Chisum Homer Reyna
Christian Hope Riddle
Coleman Hopson Ritter
Cook of Navarro Howard Rodriguez
Cook of Colorado Hughes Rose
Corte Hunter Seaman
Crabb Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Crownover Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Solis
Dawson Jones of Dallas Solomons
Delisi Keel Stick
Denny Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Talton
Driver King Taylor
Dukes Kolkhorst Telford
Dunnam Krusee Thompson
Dutton Kuempel Truitt
Edwards Laney Turner
Eiland Laubenberg Uresti
Eissler Lewis Van Arsdale
Elkins Luna Villarreal
Ellis Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
Geren Mercer
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 986 was adopted by the House on May 2,
2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House